Edward Leedskalnin

Originally posted by cookiemonster32
Howdy has anybody ever understood Ed Leedskalnin's theorys on magnetic currents and how he managed to build Coral Castle in Florida all by himself
supposedly able to float massive limestone blocks in the air with relative ease and placing them with great accuracy all at night and in secret ,and
then he took his secret to the grave I just wanted to hear if you guys had any info on him and how he might have done these things cheers.

Well, I don't know how he built his castle, but I assure you the PMH he describes in 'Magnetic Current' works fine and even though the concept is
quite simple, the effect of sending north- and southpole individual magnets into an indefinite loop is "intriguing".

I always asked myself, why this is not taught at school ... honestly: it doesn't cannibalize regular physics, I'd say it's rather complementary.
And imagine how this would inspire kids (and young adults) to go into their garage and start experimenting. Utlimately, I think this is Ed's
important legacy: with his book 'Magnetic Current' he managed to give a very practical introduction into electro-magnetism while addressing your
entrepreneurial spirit to discover 'more' on your own, and it's really fun!!

I've been to coral castle in person, many years ago. I can't say I know for certain if he constructed the site using strange technology or what, but
I do have an interesting story:

There is a 9-ton asymmetrical block of stone there that is centrally mounted in a way that you can push it around like a revolving door. When I was
there I could push it, but it was slightly difficult and you had to put your shoulders into it. A guide told us that Mr Leedskalnin had found the
center of gravity so perfectly in that stone that a little child could push it with one finger. We actually watched a video there of a little girl
doing exactly that. He said that over time, from hundreds of people touching it, the stone eventually became very unbalanced and was unable to be
moved. Cranes were brought in to rebalance the stone, but they were never able to replicate the absolutely perfect balance that Mr Leedskalnin had
achieved.

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